Daughter of Cult Leader Allowed in University
From Times Wire Reports
A Japanese court ordered a university to enroll the daughter of a doomsday cult leader, rejecting the school’s argument that her presence would be disruptive, news media reported.
Bunkyo University in Tokyo initially admitted the youngest of the three daughters of Shoko Asahara, leader of the Aum Supreme Truth cult responsible for unleashing sarin nerve gas in Tokyo’s subways in 1995, killing 12 people and sickening thousands.
But the university reversed its decision after realizing who the woman’s father was. Her name was not given.
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